Islamabad vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Islamabad	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$439	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1168	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$198	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$150	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.4	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$256	$994
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	67	29
😀 Quality of life	49	44
🏙️ Population	1.01M	6.17M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 43% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8895th and 6548th ($439 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 45th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 6293rd and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Maoming

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	Islamabad	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$92	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$286	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.4	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.49%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1307	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.82	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.32	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.26	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.47	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.62	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.2	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.01	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.4	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$59.7	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3133	$18483

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014